Re: master f117b5df4d: Add new functions eol and bol

[Po Lu]

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
>
>>> I don't think that would be very useful in general -- if you look at how
>>> these functions are used, you're usually traversing a buffer, and then
>>> you find something, and then you want to do something with what you
>>> find.
>>
>> Fair, though I meant the optional arg POINT specifically for
>> "bol-from-point", mainly to solve the naming problem.
>
> Sure, OK, but there's already an N optional here (which is used
> surprisingly much), so that'd mean `(bol-from-point nil 2)' (etc) a
> lot...

How about adding POINT after N?  So it would be:

  (bol-from-point 2)

or

  (bol-from-point 2 point)

but then I guess the name should be "bol-at-n-from-point" instead, which
is a bit unwieldy...